Terrell and Anderson Fight Set For Mayoral Race
In Pocatello the two main parties named their slates for the mayoral contest. Mayor Robert M. Terrell won the Democratic nomination by 931 to 470 over B A McDevitt, while Walter H. Anderson drew the Republican nod without opposition. Council candidates were Stephenson and Trimming for Democrats and Tolman and Lewis for Republicans.
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Pocatello
Robert M. Terrell
B. A. McDevitt
Terrell
McDevitt
Terrel
Walter H. Anderson
Clarence Stephenson
Jack Trimming
Ellis Tolman
Harry Earl Lewis
Trimming
Stephenson
Tolman
Lewis
Anderson
Idaho State Bar Association
A. C. Carmody
Olaf Grave
Oscar Ritzman
Lil Tout
Harry Locke
Carmody
C. L. Gibson
L.D.S
Dance Gardens
Center Street
Fifth Avenue
Garfield
Local Rail Worker Killed In Yard Accident
Elmer S. Rane a 49 year old car checker for Union Pacific died after being crushed by a backing freight train in the local railroad yards at 10 this morning. Eyewitnesses including Idaho Southern University students said he leaped for safety too late. Officials and coroner investigated. Rane born March 19 1892 in Walla Walla Washington. survived by wife and children.
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Elmer S. Rane
Bob Whipkey
Eugene Heller
Idaho Southern University
Rane
Sheriff's Office
Police Department
A. W. Hall
W. H. Hanson
A. E. Gemmell
Union Pacific
Walla Walla
Wash
U. P
Past Chief Bert Weston Jr Receives DeMolay Honor
Bert Weston Jr a former chief and past master counsellor of DeMolay is awarded a trophy by the chapter for service in the executive chair over the past year and a half. Joe Klenke Jr presented the award at a Norwegian dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Bert Weston Sr. The notice also lists acting officers and replacements for vacancies left by Hugh Dorien Jr and L Pierre Calph who have reached majority.
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Bert Weston, Jr
Order of DeMolay
Joe Klenke
Bert Weston
Hugh Dorrien, Jr
L. Pierre Calph
Tom Giles
Stewart Weston
Art Peterson
Fred Roberts
Roy Hayes
Jack Streichenfinger
Dan Pilchard
Bob Bergen
Law Fixes Hours For Elections In Idaho
Boise April 8 The Idaho Attorney General advises Gooding County prosecutor that polls in common school district elections must be open from 1 p m until 6 p m The annual meeting in common school districts should begin at 1 p m and run until all business including election of trustees is finished and adjourned The polls must open by 1 p m and stay open until at least 6 p m unless the election notice sets a different time.
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Boise
Idaho
Bert H. Miller
M. F. Ryan
Gooding County
Miller
Papoose Swallows Bear Faces In Early Operation
Nine month old Maurine Youp, an Indian papoose from Bannock creek Idaho, swallowed a toy bear last week. Doctors at Salt Lake General Hospital planned an operation by a specialist after Pocatello hospital could not handle the delicate procedure. The toy is lodged in her windpipe and officials at the Fort Hall agency granted Indian Service permission for the surgery.
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Salt Lake City
Maurine Youp
Bannock Creek
Idaho
Reno Youp
Pocatello
Salt Lake General Hospital
George N. Curtis
Indian Service
Curtis
Fort Hall
Utah Weather Pair Brings Little Temp Change
The forecast calls for a pair of days tonight and Wednesday with only minor temperature shifts. Expect steady conditions and typical regional patterns with no major storms on the horizon.
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Utah
Young Utah Robber With Gas Mask Arrested
Salt Lake City police arrested an 18 year old youth after he dropped a home made gas mask while fleeing a drug store burglary attempt. He said he carried the mask fearing tear gas and claimed to have started burglary at age 11 with many prior jobs.
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Salt Lake City
Censors Cut News of Balkan Fight
Reports on the Balkan battle are limited by censorship and poor communications. Nazi high command claims the offensive continues under adverse air and ground conditions, with two items favorable to the axis and one to the allies. Athens notes Yugoslav troops withdrew in southern Serbia exposing Greek defenses near the Struma valley.
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Balkans
Thrace
Aegean Sea
Greece
Turkey
Dardanelles
Athens
Serbia
Struma
Idaho Coal Dealers Elect Officers At Sun Valley
The Idaho Coal Dealers association convention re elected S. F. Hartman of Boise president and E. H. Coffin treasurer. P. H. Beveridge urged better transportation regulation and a united effort among producers retailers and railroads. Vice presidents named J. I. Conley Caldwell Guy Ryman Twin Falls H. E. Fisher Idaho Falls and Grant Young Baker Ore. Directors include Otto Blackaby Homedale Tom Gamble Jerome C. H. Bohrer Pocatello and I. E. Snyder Enterprise Ore.
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Sun Valley
Idaho Coal Dealers’ Association
S. F. Hartman
Boise
E. H. Coffin
P. H. Beveridge
J. I. Conley
Caldwell
Guy Ryman
Twin Falls
H. E. Fisher
Idaho
Grant Young
Baker
Ore
Otto Blackaby
Homedale
Tom Gamble
Jerome
C. H. Bohrer
Pocatello
I. E. Snyder
Enterprise
Nazi Hero Prisoner Kretschmer Captured by British Forces
The British admiralty announced Commander Otto Kretschmer, famed Nazi U boat commander, among 450 prisoners taken from sunken U boats. A communique praised improved British counter measures. Kretschmer was decorated in August 1940 with the Knight's Cross, later awarded oak leaves, and recently promoted.
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London
Admiralty
Otto Kretschmer
Kretschmer
Hitler
Raid Kills 9 in Irish City Amid Night Luftwaffe Attack
Nine people died in a German air raid on a Northern Ireland town last night. One enemy plane was shot down off the County Down coast as warnings and sirens sounded across Belfast and surrounding areas.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
County Down
Allis-Chalmers resumes production as steel strike looms
The Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee factory returns to output for military orders while U S Steel plants run normally after CIO withdrawal of a stoppage threat. About 40 000 soft coal miners idle due to labor talks slowdowns. President Roosevelt cancels Detroit Murray meeting. An impartial referee will mediate disputes for a year and no strike or lockout may occur. U S Steel and CIO workers avert walkout until April 15 amid wage, union shop and dues issues.
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Associated Press
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
United States Steel Corporation
C.I.O
Philip Murray
C.I.0
Detroit
Roosevelt
van Wagoner
Michigan
Washington
Murray
Stephen Early
National Defense Mediation Board
U. S. Steel
C.I.O. Steel
Plan Divine Service for Gate City Knights Templar
Members and friends of Gate City Commandery of Knights Templar attend Easter Sunday service at the Christian church on East Center street. They parade from the Ma sonic temple at 10 25 o clock led by the high school band and join services at 10 45 after a sermon by Reverend Paul de F Mortimore.
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Friends
Gate City
Knights Templar
Christian Church
East Center Street
Masonic Temple
Paul de F. Mortimore
Order of the Temple
Caldwell nominates McCluskey in mayoral race
In Caldwell on April 8 Harry E. McCluskey was nominated for mayor with expected opposition by petition before the April 22 election. In Billings Mayor Trott secured a third term by a 4 to 3 margin over Dr. James I. Wernham. Great Falls Republican Mayor Wuertinger failed to win a third term with E. L. Shields leading by 5,868 to 3,300 votes.
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Caldwell
Harry E. McCluskey
McCluskey
Billings
Mont
Charles T. Trott
James I. Wernham
Great Falls
Julius Wuertiiner
E. L. Shields
Farmers Plan Annual Fete and Idaho Defense Stance
Idaho farm bureau leaders push for civil conservation corps camps and a seaplane base at American Falls reservoir as key defense needs. J N Dayley and Jed L Ashton report the site is adequate and strategically located. The bureau plans a Farm Day in Burley on April 24 with Grace and Downey district meetings on April 25 featuring Florence Bovet and R W Blackburn as guest speakers.
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Civil Conservation Corps
Idaho
Congress
Secretary of State
Civil Aeronautics Authority
American Falls Reservoir
State Farm Bureau Board .of Directors
J. N. Dayley
Murtaugh
Jed L. Ashton
American Falls
Beime
CCC
Burley
Bureau
Family Sends Four to Fort Warren as Guard Mobilizes
Burton Idaho residents report four Smith brothers departing to federal service with Battery G 183rd Field Artillery Idaho National Guard. Elwood Stanley Ford and Dail join fort Warren Wyoming this month leaving two younger brothers and a sister at home.
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Burton
Idaho
Smiths
Army
183Rd Field Artillery
Idaho National Guard
Fort Warren
Wyo
Jack Smith
Elwood
Stanley
Ford
Dail
Idaho Pardons Board Frees 38 Prisoners
The Idaho pardon board granted conditional release to 38 prisoners and denied clemency in several cases. Notable releases include Pedro Costello and George Walters of Bannock for grand larceny and manslaughter respectively, with releases from April 1 to July 12. Clemency denied for Henry Brenner in a robbery case.
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Boise
Idaho Pardon Board
Pedro Costello
Bannock
Grand Larceny
Robert Tulip
F. E. Seifkas
Leo Hittle
Walter T. Smith
George Walters
Henry L. Brenner
Bingham
Lyda Southard
Burley Elks Lodge
Walter Miller
Cassia County
Lawrence St. Clair
C. A. King
Jack H. Morgan
Fred Darling
Glenn T. Smith
Illness Fatal To Mrs. Guy Mains
Mrs. Guy B. Mains, former supervisor of the national forest, died yesterday in Boise after a heart ailment connected to influenza. Born in Barnesville, she taught at Ton, Idaho and Mackay high school, later serving as Custer county superintendent of schools. Survivors include daughter Helen Mains Moore of Spokane and son Keenan B. Mains of Astoria, with her husband in Boise.
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Boise
Guy B. Mains
The
National Forest
Mains
Barnesville
Valparaisversity
Ton
Idaho
Mackay High School
Custer County
Mackay
New Meadow
Sod
Emmett
Forest Service
Pioneer Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Eastern Star
American Association of University Women
Helen Mains Moore
Spokane
Wash
Keenan B. Mains
Astoria
Ore
Americans Safe In Yugoslavia Report
Secretary Hull said the state department received a message via indirect means from Arthur Bliss Lane the American minister to Yugoslavia reporting all Americans in Yugoslavia were believed safe as late as Sunday night The minister was trying to follow the Yugoslav government which had left Belgrade for an undisclosed temporary capital amid the German invasion
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Washington
Hull
State Department
Arthur Bliss Lane
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Idaho P T A Convention Opens in Bannock Hotel
The 36th Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers convenes for a three day conference themed Education for Citizenship. Key figures include Mrs James Walton Jr and Mrs R L Brainard with national guest Mrs Chris Hinning. The program spans board breakfasts meetings registration formal opening state president address and luncheon.
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Ising
Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers
Bannock Hotel
Chris Hirnigh
Mitchell
S. D
John E. Hayes
Twin Falls
Board of Managers
L. D
First Ward
R. L. Brainard
G. L. Stowell
Robert M. Terrell
James Walton, Jr
Pocatello Council
Morgan Hawkes
N. ©. Johnson
D. I. Foreman
Caldwell
National
Chris Hinning
Wardner
Jefferson School
Miss Thompson
Idaho Education Association
W. W. Christensen
Idaho Falls
Balkans Crisis Angers British on Yugoslavia
London dispatch notes that British military circles fear a possible setback if Germany secures Skoplie in Yugoslavia. Captain Pelham Cochrane predicts US entry into the European war within weeks after an incident abroad. Berlin quotes Karl Megerle warning Switzerland to heed Yugoslavia’s fate. Air raid sirens and distant gunfire echo in London as tensions rise.
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London
Balkan
Skoplie
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt to seek law to buy Danish ships in U S ports
President Roosevelt said he would ask Congress on Thursday for legislation enabling the United States to purchase Danish ships then in American ports. In Virginia, searchers sighted a wrecked naval bomber off Cape Charles and said it was the missing big patrol craft with 10 men aboard.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Norfolk
Cape Charles
Nazis Claim Progress On Two Balkan Fronts
German armored columns breached Yugoslav defenses toward Skoplje at the Vardar valley head, threatening the Belgrade–Salonika route. Greek forces say they hold firm as battles flare near Nevrokopi and on the Rupel line, with Nazi high command claiming progress in both campaigns.
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Yugoslavia
Greece
Belgrade
Split
Cattaro
Albania
Salonika
Associated Press
Skoplje
Vardar
Grecian
Belbrake
Berlin
Budapest
Hitler
Nis
Skoplije
Nevrokopi
Yugoslaia
Athens
Rupel
Clark Fights Price Rise in Idaho
Boise April 8 Governor Clark denounced a cent per gallon gasoline price hike and said he would urge independent retailers and cooperatives to hold prices. He asked the attorney general to explore all state options to combat rising costs as major firms began the increase and others were expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Clark
Idaho
Bert H. Miller
Frost and Sunshine Forecast for Bright Day in Pocatello
Morning frost signals a clear day with a high around 55 and a low near 27. Moonrise at 4 05 a m and sunrise at 5 58 a m mark a late start. Forecast calls for fair skies and above normal daytime temperatures with bee keeping noted as thriving.
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Pocatello
Former Idaho Falls Mayor Ralph Louis Dies at 79
Ralph A. Louis, who served as Idaho Falls mayor from 1918 to 1927, died at his home at age 79. He had lived in Idaho Falls 35 years after relocating from Butte Montana.
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Idaho Falls
Ralph A. Louis
Butte
Mont
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